Building structure



Jan. 7, 1930. F. M. VENZIE BUILDING STRUCTURE Filed Feb. 29, 1928 INVENTOR:

FREDER/c/rM Vf/VZ/E, BY

, ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 7, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FREDERICK M. VENZIE, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING STRUCTURE Application filed February 29, 1928. Serial No. 257,884.

This invention, generally stated, relates to a Fig. ,6, is a viewin cross-section taken upon building structure and has more especial relathe line 66 of Fig. ,5. tion to a floor or like construction of concrete For the purpose of illustrating vmy invensuch as is disclosed in my application for tionIhave shown in the accompanying draw- Letters Patent Serial No. 75,686, filed Decemings onevform thereof which is at present pre- .55

her 16, 1925, the present case being for an ferred by me, since the same has been found improved structure. in practice to give satisfactory and reliable According to the accepted methods of buildresults, although it is to be understood that ing concrete floor and like structures prior to the various instrumentalities of which my 19 my aforesaid invention it was quite diflicult invention consists can be variously arranged 60 and expensive to attach metal lath in place and organized and that my invention is not to receive ceiling plaster and usually relimited to the precise arrangement and organquired the services of skilled mechanics. ization of the instrumentalities as herein The leading object of the present invention shown and described.

is not only to overcome the above described lnthe practice of the present invention the 65 disadvantageous features but provide a novel usual forms 1 are erected and supported or structure of the character stated over and shored up by beams 2, as seen in Fig. 1. a The above my former structure in which a floor or next step, as best seen at the right hand side the like is provided combining efficiency of Fig. 1, is to secure upon the upper faces of simplicity, cheapness, and saving of time and the forms 1, plurality of spaced, metal lath, in which unskilled labor may be successfully chment devices, best seen in Figs. 3 to 6. elnployed in the erection of netal lath to re- E3011 attachment, which is designated 3. 1S

ceive the ceiling plaster. greatly elongated and is composed of thin o Other and further objects not at this time t l amped from a slngle piece of maappearing will be hereinafter referred to. terml a Sh pe WhICh 1n cross-section is The invention consists of the novel CO11- 0f IW rtedV-Shapc, see 6, and eaclrare struction hereinafter described and finally Secured 1 lnvcrtcd posltlon as by ahail t clai d to the upper face of a form 1,,best seen in B 1g.

The nature, characteristic features and Thfi 1 K ri ge 5 Of each attachment is I 1 1. l 4 w r O scope of the invention w1ll be more fully un- Q @111 ed 6 for hall hp h The @1115 d t d f th f ll i d i ti of each attachment 3 are inclined outwardtak i n ti ith th accompanying and downwardly as at 7, and tern'nnate drawings forming part hereof, and in which: 111 holflzohtah flat feet 8 Whlch' j hTOiIClOI Um 1' at their free ends than at that ortion of each 1 15 a ra en ary View in sec ion L I illustrating a floor structure in accordance h which 39 ah ahmchmhht rhl's P with the invention in which the concrete i h ahefllclehh:hY0aChfiah$h1f%l? poured upon the forum ting upon a form 1 so that in nailing an at- Fig. 2, 1s a similar v1ew with the forms t g i 2 b i i i l conhechloh removed and the metal lath secured in posimay 6 e ec H em 3 W 16 Concrete 9 n is poured the said attachments will not shift. 5i? E- 9 Cialhng a 1806p tlon' The acutely disposed, inverted V-shaped 1 3, IS an enlarged fragmentary View in n 4 b f {O 1 Tina Pafle 1 walls of an attachment are notched at the botgfi 1011 O z i f g g C tom as at 10. Entended laterally across an @reupon a m a ac men evlce attachment, see Figs. 3,4, and 5. and engaging P to P 1 2; of f h opposed notches 10 are wire members 11, the Fig. 4,1s a similar view illustrating the 0011- free ends of each being firstlextended up Crete p h h the form removed and the wardly at 12 over the inclined wall of the metal 121131} In p a e attachment, the said ends then being twist- Fig. 5, 1s a view in plan of one of the me l ed together at 13 and the free ends of the wire 50 devices shown in the foregoing figures, and members being extended laterally in opposed relation as at 14. The concrete 9 having been poured to form the floor, obviously the metal lat-h attachments 3 are firmly embedded therein. This position of parts is seen in Fig. 1. \Vith set of concrete 9 obtained, the forms 1 are removed, thus exposing upon the underside of the floor a plurality of spaced'attachments 3 with the wire parts 11 extended acrom each attachment. It is to be understood that with the removal of forms 1 the nails 4 are left hanging within the inverted V-shaped channels of the attachments 3. Metal lath of any desired type, as for example wire mesh 15, is now positioned to receive ceiling plaster 16, see Fig. 2. In securing the wire mesh 15 in place the same is wired as at 16 to the exposed Wire members 11 as best seen in Fig. 4. lVhile the'above described structure is adapted for any desired form of floor, ceiling or like structure it is especially efficient where ceiling beams are formed, as shown in the drawings, because the metal lath can be stretched taut and very easily wired to the attachments which latter may be'p'ositioned upon both side and bottom walls of a beam.

I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had'to the appended claim rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Vhat I claim is: A metal lath support for concrete construction comprising an elongated, inverted, V-

shaped, thin metal device having a continuous upper acute ridge arranged centrally thereof and extending throughout its length,

said acute ridge being apertured for the reception of a series of nails, the opposed ends of said device being each outwardly and downwardly inclined, which inclined parts each terminate in an outwardly flaring, flat, foot. of a width in excess of the width of said member, the open bottom of which invert-ed V-shaped device has extended thereacross a wire member the ends of which are extended upwardly around the upper, acute, inclined surface of said device in the shape of a. triangle considered in cross section. and twisted together with the free ends thereof extended in opposed relation, transversely to the longitudinal axis of said device.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

FREDERICK VENZIE. 

